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A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for the minimum size of crews of freight trains, and for other purposes.
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Committee
Latest Action · June 26, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Congress
116th (2019–2021)
Introduced
June 26, 2019
Cosponsors (15)
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Safe Freight Act of 2019 This bill prohibits the operation of a freight train or light locomotive engine used in the movement of freight unless it has a crew of at least two individuals, one of whom is certified by the Federal Railroad Administration as a locomotive operator and the other as a train conductor.

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